Job Description
The role:
- Flutterwave is looking for People Business Partner(s) to join the People and Culture team.
- The HR Business Partner plays the vital role of aligning HR strategies and initiatives with the overall business objectives of the company.
- You will work closely with the Head, People Business Partners, and managers to provide strategic support and foster a dynamic and welcoming work environment that encourages effective teamwork, innovation, creativity, high performance and continuous learning.
The People Business Partner will:
- Manage and execute all areas of the employee life cycle within the teams in an efficient and effective manner
- Prepare Reports & Metrics on HR issues
- Execute change initiatives to support the team projects
- Promote and enforce consistency in HR policy implementation within the Company
- Establish networks throughout the company and the People team to facilitate the sharing of best practices
What Your Day-to-Day Activities will Include, but are not limited to:
Strategic Alignment
- Collaborates with managers to understand the organization’s strategic direction and translate it to People team strategies and initiatives.
- Ensure People practices and policies are in line with the overall business goals.
- Facilitate organizational change and development initiatives.
Employee Relations
- Acts as trusted advisor to manager and employees. Providing guidance on employee relations matters, conflict resolutions and ensuring compliance with employment laws and regulations.
- Manage employee grievances and disciplinary actions.
- Implement programs and activities aimed at improving employee engagement.
- Provide support to employees in HR procedures and through the employee life cycle
- Provides HR policy interpretation, implementation and guidance.
Performance Management
- Provides day-to-day guidance to managers and employees on goal setting, performance evaluation, feedback, coaching and development planning.
- Support managers in setting meaningful and achievable goals for their teams, ensuring that performance evaluations are conducted fairly and objectively.
- Address performance-related issues or conflicts within the organization. Assist managers in managing underperforming employees, providing guidance on performance improvement plans or disciplinary actions.
- Facilitate employee development to improve performance.
People metric and Analytics
- Utilize data and analytics to measure and analyze HR metrics such as employee turnover, performance, and engagement.
- Use data to identify trends, make data-driven decisions, and develop strategies to improve People processes and outcomes.
People Policy and Compliance
- Ensure that People policies and procedures are in compliance with country legal and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor changes in employment laws and regulations and update policies, accordingly, providing guidance to managers and employees on people matters.
Administration
- Improves Operational Efficiency within the teams by providing organizational support.
- Implements HR processes throughout the employee life cycle in a seamless manner.
- Ensure that HR processes are simplified and administered efficiently.
- Providing user support for HRIS as required
- Contribute to workflow or process change and redesign and exhibit broader understanding of HR process/policies/guidelines.
Required competency and skillset to be a waver
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
- Any HR professional qualification is an advantage
- Minimum 12 years of experience in HR business partnering or in HR role coordinating cross functional projects with multiple stakeholders
- Knowledge of financial services and payment solution industry is critical
- Handling sensitive issues and counseling staff
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Commercially, culturally and diversity aware, high sensitivity to the social, economic and political environments
- High customer focus
- Knowledge of the company’s business
- Managing and implementing change
- Good planning, organization and analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong work ethics, able to handle confidential information sensitively and with integrity
- Fast learner, proactive, agility to function in a fast changing innovative environment